Welcome to the February edition of the West Coast Creators Blog Hop! This month we are focusing on Hey Chick, Hey Birthday Chick, and birthday cards in general. I wanted to use one of my favourite new products--the Sand & Sea Suite. I ended up using six of the seven components of it. There's so much to love!!
I started with two pieces of Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper (DSP)--a 5" x 3-3/4" piece of the Misty Moonlight DSP, and a 5" x 2-1/4" piece of Sahara Sand DSP (which I cut with a Curvy Die, but you could just use paper snips). I adhered the Sahara Sand piece to the Misty Moonlight DSP with Seal, and then that layer to a 5-1/8" x 3-7/8" Misty Moonlight mat. The card base is a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" piece of Seaside Spray cardstock, scored at 4-1/4". I used my Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine to die cut and emboss a 5-1/4" x 4" piece of Pearlescent Specialty Paper with the large Seaside Shells Die and Seashells 3D Embossing Folder.
I cut apart the shells, leaving some seaweed attached to the largest shell, and I used our amazing Blending Brushes to add ink (Seaside Spray, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo) to three shells, and Mint Macaron to some of the seaweed. I pulled the edges of a 7" length of 3/16" Braided Linen Trim apart, made a loop at one edge, and attached it to the DSP layer with glue dots. I added the shells and seaweed with Seal and Dimensionals.
Two of the seaweed "fronds" were curled up to give them some dimension, and glued so that they lifted a bit from the paper.
The sentiment--from the Friends are Like Seashells stamp set--was stamped directly onto the DSP in Misty Moonlight. I added three Opal Rounds to complete the card.
The Sand & Sea Suite is absolutely beautiful, and has so many possibilities for creativity!
Thank you very much for visiting my blog! Please leave a comment below, if you have time. Then be sure to visit the other blogs--there are some gorgeous cards to see!!
❤️ Kim
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